Moccasin.



GEORGIE W. ROBINSON, 0F CAMDEN, NEW YORK.

MOCCASIN.

i .i annee..

Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented AMir.. 13, 191.5.

Application led May 2, 1914i. Serial No. 836,001.

Be it known that I, GEORGE W. ROBINSON, a citizen of the United States,residing at (Hunden. in the county ofOneida and State ot' New York, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Moccasins, of which thefollowing is a specification, reference being had therein to theaccompanying drawings.

My invention vrelates to an improved moccasin. and I declare that thefollowing 7is a full. clear, concise and exact description thereof,suiiicient to enable one skilled in the art to make and use the same,references heilig had to the accompanying drawings in which likereference characters refer to like parts throughout.

Thile the invention is classified as that of a moccasin it isanimprovementwhich is applicable to other articles of foot-wear.

In the drawings Figure l is a perspective viewof a moccasin showingmyimprovement; Fig. 2 is a perspective view showing a modiication in theuse of my improve ment. while Fig. 3 is av further'modication, and Fig..is a plan view taken from Fig. 1 with the upper part of the moccasinbroken Vaway so as to show the two folds or plies of leather which formthe hindermost por' tion of the moccasin.

Referring to the figures in detail, A'represents the side and bottomportions of the moccasin which are presumably made out of a single pieceof leather with the sides turned up and attached to the top forwardportion B which .may be suitably ornamented, the free end of whichterminates in a flap D to lie on the instep. 'Ihe parts A and B areformed and united in any suitable irnanner.- At the top edge of part A,however, and along a line represented hyd is lattached an over-top, asit may be called,

which turns over the top of the part A and depends on the outside of thefoot portion and is indicated' 'at F. .This overfoldv F overhangs thetop edge of the blank A from the end of top B on one side around to theopposite edge on the .other side.

It is natural ordinarily that theopen part of the moccasin, into whichthe foot is'inserted, because stretched so that the moccasin is not heldtightly onto the foot. In order to meet this objection I have providedthat the thong which forms the bow over l the instep shall pass aroundin and out the overhang and coming out from the.

overhang at lthe front part of the foot whence it passes under the flapD and out at the center to form the tie Gr. y

In Fig. 2 the thong is shown as passing over the edge of the flap D andthence taking a# turn Cin the flap and out again. In this forni ofconstruction it is seen that the thong will be entirely out of the wayof the foot when inserted in the moccasin.

In Fig. 3 is shown a di'erent construction in which the thong\H passesinto the interior of the moccasin and then outward, but this isthoughtto be a less desirable construction than those shown inFigs. 1and 2.4

In Fig. 4 I show a plan view showing that the thong at the heel portionmay be arranged so as to bear more directly 'against the foot than inthe case shown in Fig. 1 where the thong passes along the'outer surfaceof the overhanging portion.

It will be evident that when the moccasin has been'worn for a time itmay become loose to the foot and that the thon may then be tightened inthe bow-knot over the instep. It is also evident lthat -by my p of thewearer than in the illustrations shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secureby.. Letters Patent, is:

- 1. In a moccasin,fthe combinationwith a. i

side portion, of an overhanging member- ,and a gathering thong passingin and out through said member only, the ends ,of which are adapted toform a tie over the instep.

2. A moccasin having its opening sur'-` rounded by an overhangingportion, vand a thong passing in and out through said overhangingportion only and at the heel lying next to the body of the moccasin, theends of of the thong coming together through the the thong comingtogether over the instep toe piece `of the moccasin and formin a tie. 10

and adapted to form a. tie. In testimony whereof I hereunto a X my 3. Amoccasin having its opening sursignature in the presence of tWoWitnesses. -5 rounded by an overhanging portion, and a GEORGE W.ROBINSON.

thong passing in and out through said over- Witnesses: hanfjring portiononly and at the heel lying ALBERI T. WILKINSON,

next to the body of the moccasin, the ends VCHARLES A. PHELPS.

